1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	1–10 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Terry Shea (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Terry Shea (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Creehan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Scarlet Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Shea and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–6 in Big East play.

1999 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Virginia Tech $	7	–	0	11	–	1
No. 15 Miami (FL)	6	–	1	9	–	4
Boston College	4	–	3	8	–	4
Syracuse	3	–	4	7	–	5
West Virginia	3	–	4	4	–	7
Pittsburgh	2	–	5	5	–	6
Temple	2	–	5	2	–	9
Rutgers	1	–	6	1	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:30 pm	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California		L 7–21	35,200
September 11	8:00 pm	No. 23 Texas*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN2	L 21–38	41,511
September 25	12:00 pm	Boston College	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	L 7–27	27,330
October 2	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest*	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		L 10–17	20,772
October 9	6:00 pm	No. 5 Virginia Tech	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 20–58	30,764
October 16	1:00 pm	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia		L 16–62	44,223
October 23	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	L 15–38	17,325
October 30	1:00 pm	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia		L 28–56	16,873
November 6	2:00 pm	Navy*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 7–34	20,339
November 13	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	W 24–21	17,919
November 20	12:00 pm	at Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami		L 0–55	21,167
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense 74 B. French OL Sr. 6-4 315 Crossland / Temple Hill, MD 75 S. Mitchell OL So. 6-7 320 Milford Academy / Fort Wayne, IN 76 K. Kaczorowski OL Fr. 6-6 305 Hillside / Hillside, NJ 81 Sean Carty WR Fr. 6-1 190 Somerville, Somerville, NJ 82 Aaron Martin DB Fr. 6-4 195 Bergen Catholic / Ringwood, NJ 83 Josh Hobbs WR Fr. 6-2 190 Somerville / Somerville, NJ 84 Phil Douglas WR So. 5-11 180 Lakewood / Lakewood, NJ

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`17`	Mike McMahon	Jr
OL	`63`	Mike DeLucia	Sr
OL	`64`	Iosefa Puaauli	Sr
OL	`65`	Jeremy Womack	So
OL	`66`	Shaun O'Hara	Sr
OL	`69`	Howard Blackwood	So
OL	`70`	Tim Baker	Sr
OL	`71`	Randy Smith	Sr
OL	`73`	Brian Duffy	Fr
OL	`78`	Mike Esposito	So
WR	`80`	Errol Johnson	Jr
TE	`85`	L. J. Smith	So
WR	`86`	Walter King	Sr

Defense 44 Roger Wingate OLB Sr. 6-1 200 Hillside / Hillside, NJ 45 Ken Whiteside LB Fr. 6-3 210 Dwight Morrow / Englewood, NJ 51 Jack Bloom DE Jr. 6-4 230 Toms River South / Toms River, NJ 52 R. Crawford DE Jr.

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`41`	Gary Brackett	Fr
S	`42`	Brian Bender	Fr
DE	`43`	Jesse Sullivan	Fr
ILB	`46`	Steve Berson	Fr
LB	`47`	Tarell Freeney	Jr
ILB	`48`	Mike Pridgeon	Sr
OLB	`49`	Dax Strohmeyer	Sr
DL	`77`	Karl Mayall	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Terry Shea

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

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